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George NIPPE

Regimental number6863A
Place of birthToongabbie Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressToongabbie, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, J Nippe, Toongabbie, Victoria
Enlistment date24 July 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialMericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. II), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
94
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Johann Gottfred and Ellen Jane NIPPE
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2651 Pte Clifford Johann NIPPE, 1st Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 31 July 1918; 3892 Acting Corporal Samuel Carl NIPPE, 22nd Bn, returned to Australia, 18 May 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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